Edgewater News

The former Kister Kayat manufacturing plant along U.S. 1 in Edgewater has been reborn as CartTech, where shopping carts are refurbished and resold.

July 2, 2009 Pat Kuehn, APR Community Information Specialist Three county programs recognized for excellence The National Association of Counties is honoring three Volusia County programs - the Citizens Academy, Trails Program and Liberty Web Assistant - with 2009 Achievement Awards.

Rockledge police said today that a man responsible for a robbery at a CVS Pharmacy at 1696 Fiske Blvd.

Police are trying to figure out why someone attacked a man in his home in Edgewater.

A Rockledge man was unnerved this morning when he was asked to show his gun to the Edgewater pharmacy technician police say he was trying to rob.

Fourteen restaurants in Volusia and Flagler counties were fined a total of $19,700 by the state Department of Business and Professional Regulation following inspections by the Division of Hotels and Restaurants.

A trip to your local boat ramp can be an exercise in patience. At the recently renovated George Kennedy Memorial Park, the parking lot is at capacity on a Sunday even with afternoon thunderstorms on the way.

The hunt for a man, who a bank worker told police made threats and had what looked to her like a bomb, shut down several businesses near the intersection of Dunlawton Avenue and Nova road for about an hour today.

The Rev. Francis J. Browne, pastor of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in New Smyrna Beach, had two passions -- fly-fishing and the priesthood.

An Edgewater man was sentenced to 25 years in prison Wednesday for setting a fire that destroyed a New Smyrna Beach home.

A homeless man is recovering in the hospital today after he was stabbed in the chest and dragged himself 25 yards in southeast Volusia County.

A man found stabbed in the chest outside a Publix Wednesday night was likely attacked somewhere else, according to Volusia County investigators.

Like the house and property at the corner of Myrtle Avenue and West Canal Street where she has lived most of her life, Lois Tipton is showing her age.

Gov. Charlie Crist named four people to the Southeast Volusia Hospital District Board, a special taxing district that owns and operates Bert Fish Medical Center.

A Volusia County-administered program focused on buying and selling foreclosed homes in several targeted cities is almost ready to go.

Competitors brought their "A" games to the Spring Break Shootout, and the tight racing proved it.

BEACON PHOTO/PAT HATFIELD The scene a ' A peer review panel, an audience composed of planners, land-use specialists, members of the community and local-government officials came to hear or take part in discussion of development planning for the huge Farmton Tract June 2. BEACON PHOTO/PAT HATFIELD Addressing the panel a ' Daytona Beach attorney ...

Volusia County has contracted to spray 113,569 acres for adult mosquitoes by using low-flying, fixed-wing aircraft starting Sunday night.

It is only a piece of medal encircling her mother's wrist, but the simple bracelet with its four-digit identification number gives Karen Dabney peace of mind.

Michael Gregory Miles is being held in the Volusia County Branch Jail in Daytona Beach.